Why are people still moving into areas managed by the HOA? Even considering land value/ safety, it doesn’t seem worth it. It seems likely that some rich white ass hole will jump your fence, punch your kid in the face, and then jump the fence again and call the cops for assault. The power tripping is insane.
I couldn’t get a house in my price range without one, unfortunately.
lack of choice
As a non-American, HOAs fucking baffle me. It genuinely seems like legal fascism. Like why the fuck would I let some Karen dictate what I can and cannot do with my house?
Mom spent 30+ years raking the leaves out from under the bushes. That shit turned into solid clay and choked all of it to death. Entire house and backyard ringed in shrubs, 4-hour job to trim it, all dead.
Old lady down the street obsessively rakes her yard and burns the leaves. Guess what it looks like? No foot or vehicular traffic, still a wasteland.
Another old guy across the street from her does the same. His entire front yard looks like Arrakis.
I’m just lazy and haven’t mowed my yard since spring of 2023. It’s about time to more again and I’ll probably mow over them this week. I hate yard work, probably because I was forced to do it as soon as I was old enough to use a rake.
i feel the same way about mowing the parts of my yard i don’t tread in. something else needs that for habitat.
